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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
A 45-year-old suspected ritualist, identified as Hassan Kolawole, who was paraded with a fresh human head by the Oyo State Police Command on Friday, has narrated how he got the human parts.
Kolawole was paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, at the command headquarters, Eleyele, alongside nine others who were arrested for various crimes at different locations within the state.
Speaking with journalists, the suspect confessed to the crime, adding that he obtained the fresh human head and two hands found in his possession from a Muslim cleric.
“I have one wife and two children and things are very hard for me in taking good care of them. I met one Waheed, who is also an Islamic cleric at a Maolud. We discussed it and he told me that he knew how to do money rituals that would require the use of human parts.
“I told him that I don’t know how to get the human parts and he promised to get it for me. He later brought the human parts to me at Amuloko where we met early in the morning. I kept it in my office where I often attended to people who needed spiritual assistance.
“The police came to search my office on the day Waheed gave me the fresh head and two hands but the person is now at large,” Kolawole said.
Hamzat, who spoke through the command’s spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, said the suspect was arrested at Ogbere Tioya, in Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state.
Osifeso noted that the arrest was made possible following credible intelligence reports from members of the public.
“The dragnet of the command caught up with the cleric after purposeful investigations and tracking around Ogbere Tioya area, Ibadan, under Ona-ara Local Government Area.
“The suspect was found in possession of items suspected to be fresh human head and two hands, which he said were given to him by one Tijani Waheed, now at large,” the PPRO said.
The other nine suspects arrested were paraded for various crimes ranging from murder, kidnapping, cultism and theft.